Figure 6. Ornamental motifs that evoke the “mental conception” of a leaf-bud.

Figure 6. Ornamental motifs that evoke the “mental conception” of a leaf-bud. Plate II from Dresser, _The Art of Decorative Design_ (1862). Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.

Figure 6. Ornamental motifs that evoke the “mental conception” of a leaf-bud.

Figure 9. Dresser, ornamental patterns with bi-lateral symmetry, suitable for wall coverings. Fig. 57, Fig. 79, and Plate V fig. 2 from _The Art of Decorative Design_. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. Figure 3. Dresser, motif “translating” “God Save the Queen” into visual form. Dresser specifies that “For the sake of effect, the first portion of the tune occurs in the lower half of the figure” (48). From _The Art of Decorative Design_. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.